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News briefs from around Kentucky at 1:59 a.m. EDT

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FILE- In this Sept. 10, 2007,file photo shows, the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville, Ky. One doctor has been fired and another is in the midst of being dismissed from penitentiary, after an inmate, James Kenneth Embry, went on a hunger strike and died Jan. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Daniel R. Patmore, File)

Tears for relatives after fatal hunger strike

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News briefs from around Kentucky at 1:58 a.m. EDT

Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Kentucky Department of Corrections shows James Kenneth Embry, who died Jan. 13, 2014, after a four-month hunger strike that took 32 pounds off his 6-foot frame in the last month of his life. Since his death the lead physician at the prison has been fired and state officials are in the midst of dismissing the lead psychologist. (AP Photo/Kentucky Department of Corrections)

AP Exclusive: Kentucky inmate starves to death

By BRETT BARROUQUERE - Associated Press